5th Workshop
on
Quantum Information Science

Department of Applied Mathematics,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
January 3-4, 2014

Purpose

The purpose of this workshop, as with previous workshops, is to bring together mathematicians, physicists, and computer scientists working in quantum information science so that scholars can exchange ideas and understand the important problems and results in this interdisciplinary field.

Organizers

  • Hoi-Fung Chau, The University of Hong Kong.
  • Raymond Nung-Sing Sze, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
  • Haidong Yuan, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
  • Guofeng Zhang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Venue

Room M1603, Senate Room, Lee Ka Shing Tower (李嘉诚楼), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong (Campus Map)

Workshop Poster (link)

Tentative Schedule and program (All abstract)

  3rd January, 2014 (Friday)
09:30 - 09:40

Opening
09:40 - 10:10 Mikio Nakahara (Kinki University)

Quantum Error Correction with Mixed State Ancilla Qubits
10:10 - 10:40 Utkan Güngördu (Kinki University)

Recursive Construction of Noiseless Subsystem for Qudits
10:40 - 11:00

Tea Break
11:00 - 11:30 Xinhua Peng (University of Science and Technology of China)

Quantum Algorithms for the Factoring Problem
11:30 - 12:00 Frederic Ezerman (National University of Singapore)

Some Results on CSS-like Asymmetric Quantum Codes
12:00 - 14:00

Group Photo / Lunch
14:00 - 14:30 Wei Cui (RIKEN)

Feedback Control of Rabi Oscillations in Circuit QED
14:30 - 15:00 Wenxian Zhang (Wuhan University)

Inhomogeneous Dynamic Nuclear Polarization in a Quantum Dot
15:00 - 15:30 Hoi-Kwong Lo (University of Toronto)

Experimental Demonstration of Polarization Encoding Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution
15:30 - 15:50

Tea Break
15:50 - 16:20 Yu Guo (Shanxi Datong University)

Local Channels Preserving the States without Measurement-induced Nonlocality
16:20 - 16:50 Chi-Kwong Li (College of William and Mary)

Decomposition of Unitary Gates
   
  4th January, 2014 (Saturday)
09:30 - 10:00 Hoi-Fung Chau (The University of Hong Kong)

Quantum Speed Limit with Forbidden Speed Intervals
10:00 - 10:30 Chi-Hang Fred Fung (The University of Hong Kong)

Time-Energy Measure for Quantum Processes
10:30 - 10:50

Tea Break
10:50 - 11:20 Shengjun Wu (Nanjing University)

Quantum Process Tomography via Weak Measurements
11:20 - 11:50 Xiaofei Qi (Shanxi University)

Characterizing Quantum Measurements on the Qubits
11:50 - 13:30

Lunch
13:30 - 14:00 Mile Gu (Tsinghua University)

Discord Empowered Quantum Illumination
14:00 - 14:30 Jayne Thompson (National University of Singapore)

Quantum computing with Black-box Subroutines
14:30 - 15:00 Yiu-Tung Poon (Iowa State University)

Some Results on Quantum Marginal Problems
15:00 - 15:10

Closing

Registration and deadlines

There will be no registration fee for the meeting.

To register, please send the following information to Raymond Nung-Sing Sze (raymond.sze@polyu.edu.hk).

  • Name
  • Affiliation
  • Email

In case you want to give a contributed talk, please also send the title and abstract to (raymond.sze@polyu.edu.hk) by December 10, 2013 using the template.

Accommodation

Workshop participant will stay at Harbour Plaza Metropolis (都会海逸酒店)

The hotel is located just next to Hung Hom Train Station.

There are several ways to arrive the hotel from HK airport:

  • By Taxi: From the airport directly to hotel. (Fee: around HKD$250 – $300)

  • By Airport Express: From the airport to Kowloon Station. Then take a free shuttle bus (Route K1), which will stop in front of the hotel. (Free: HKD$90 each)

  • By Airport Bus: Route A21 from the airport to Hung Hom Bus Terminal (Last stop). The hotel is around 7 min walk from the bus station. (Fee: HKD$33 each)

You may find the Map of HK airport and more transportation information in the link.

Confirmed participants (as at 23 December, 2013)

  • Hoi-Fung Chau, The University of Hong Kong.
  • Wei Cui, RIKEN.
  • Frederic Ezerman, National University of Singapore.
  • Chi-Hang Fred Fung, The University of Hong Kong.
  • Mile Gu, Tsinghua University.
  • Utkan Gungordu, Kinki University.
  • Yu Guo, Shanxi Datong University.
  • Yongjian Han, University of Science and Technology of China.
  • Xiaoning Hao, Taiyuan University of Technology.
  • Zejun Huang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
  • Chi-Kwong Li, College of William and Mary.
  • Jun Li, University of Science and Technology of China.
  • Hoi-Kwong Lo, University of Toronto.

 
  • Ruifen Ma, Shanxi University.
  • Mikio Nakahara, Kinki University.
  • Xinhua Peng, University of Science and Technology of China.
  • Yiu-Tung Poon, Iowa State University.
  • Xiaofei Qi, Shanxi University.
  • Raymond Nung-Sing Sze, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
  • Jayne Thompson, National University of Singapore.
  • Shengjun Wu, Nanjing University.
  • Yafei Yu, South China Normal University.
  • Haidong Yuan, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
  • Guofeng Zhang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
  • Wenxian Zhang, Wuhan University.

 

Workshop Photos (link)

Sponsors

The AMSS-PolyU Joint Research Institute and Hong Kong Research Grant Council

Past Workshops

(Updated on 23 December, 2013)